We've found 40 phrases for Hell (0.116 seconds):
a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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all hell breaks loose »
Vi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.
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all hell broke loose »
A great disaster happened or chaos ensued.
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all over hell's half acre »
All over the place; everywhere.
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catch hell »
Be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
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come hell or high water »
Regardless of the hardships.
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come out of one's shell »
To become a naturist. To convert to naturism.
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come out of one's shell »
To reveal one's true self.
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don't shit where you eat »
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.
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f**ing hell »
An exclamation of anger.
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f**ing hell »
An exclamation of great surprise.
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feed a cold, starve a fever »
Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.
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for the hell of it »
For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.
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go through hell »
To have a miserable experience.
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go through hell »
Winston Churchill.
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